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Originally Posted by c.t.ner
I'd be curious to see how the CPC attack ads will play into the next election. A couple of things.
1) They do have two viable targets (assuming that Trudeau is in the mix) this time around, with Mulclair and Trudeau. So they'll have to split the attack ads at two targets.
2) Unlike Dion and Iggy, people already know who Trudeau is. Dion was easy to pin the weak and crazy environmentalist tag on to. Iggy was also another easy target as although he was well regarded in Academic circles, he came off as too intellectual and out of touch. The "Just Visiting" tag was pretty easy to pin on him.
Trudeau, for as much he's tied to his family name is pretty well recognized across the board in Canada. For the most part, I think people have already tied opinions to him, it won't be as easy to sway those thoughts with attack ads.
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Ya, I'm surprised that we haven't seen Mulcair ads yet actually. I know that his politics don't play well with the CP crowd in general, so the temptation is to brush him off as it being unnecessary. I would say that is a definite mistake by Harper if he holds that view though. I'm not particularly fond of many of his positions, but Mulcair isn't someone he should take lightly as that message probably resonates better than some expect in the East.
I agree that Trudeau is a known name and such in many ways. I still think that they'll fire out ads with quotes taken out of context and things like that. You can rest assured that when the Liberal leadership has debates that front and center will be the CPC party hoping to catch some miscues that they can frame for their next series of ads.